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12 Angry Men
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Classic legal drama where a jury deliberates on a murder trial and one skeptical juror forces everyone to carefully consider all the evidence. Likely the best legal movie and one that shows the wide range of biases and preconceptions that plague the human…
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Mediocre. Watchable if it is already on, but I would not go looking for it.
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